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The Australian Ballet's 2017 Blockbuster Alice's Adventures In For immediate release Tuesday 29 November 2016 Amber Scott, Principal Artist – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland©. Photo Justin Ridler The Australian Ballet's 2017 blockbuster Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland© goes on sale Audiences will discover a world beyond their imagination Designer Bob Crowley’s thrillingly creative sets and when they fall down the rabbit hole with The Australian costumes establish a new standard for stage design. The Ballet’s 2017 season of Alice’s Adventures in magical world of Wonderland and its absurd and fantastical Wonderland©. Earmarked as the ballet blockbuster of the inhabitants are brought to life through puppetry, optical year, tickets will be in high demand when they go on sale to illusion, immersive digital projections, countless wigs, the public on Thursday 8 December 2016. Telstra masks and intricately detailed and vibrant costumes. customers have pre-sale access to tickets from 10am Highlights of the design include an eerily disembodied today. grinning Cheshire Cat puppet manipulated by six dancers, and a sensuous indigo Caterpillar with eight pairs of Created by one of the world’s greatest living bejewelled pointe shoe-clad feet. choreographers, Christopher Wheeldon, this spectacular ballet translates the wit and charm of the original tale by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland© will be the fifth work Lewis Carroll into a world of colour, fun and fantasy. Christopher Wheeldon has staged for The Australian Ballet. Extraordinary choreography, a wildly imaginative set and “The Australian Ballet’s dancers are a perfect combination inventive costumes will transport audiences into a world of of athletes and artists. Their style is dynamic and visceral. absurdity and pure wonder. The Australian Ballet presents They are daring and expressive, sensitive and technical. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland© at Arts Centre Above all, though, they have great humanity. This Melbourne from 12 to 30 September 2017, before taking generosity spills out of the studio and onto the stage and the production to Sydney’s Capitol Theatre from 5 to 22 can be felt by their audiences,” Wheeldon says. December 2017. The award-winning choreographer sums up the classic tale Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland© was created by as a hero's journey. “Alice tumbles down the rabbit hole Wheeldon on The Royal Ballet in 2011, and has since and follows the Knave to try to clear his name. In the end, enthralled audiences the world over. Arguably the world’s she rightfully stands up to the Queen of Hearts and takes highest profile contemporary choreographer, Wheeldon is the fall for stealing the tart. She is an honest girl who best known in Australia for cutting-edge works like After the believes in the truth. She also discovers love for the first Rain© and the rapid-fire DGV©: Danse a grande vitesse. In time which makes it both a coming of age story, as well as this highly entertaining work, he reimagines the beloved a whimsical journey of great adventures and discovery.” storybook classic using ballet’s traditional structures, interspersed with dramatic twists and comedic turns for a Commissioned especially, Joby Talbot’s theatrical score modern edge. sweeps the action along and reflects Alice’s responses to the strange events unfolding. All the romance and theatricality of a 19th-century ballet combine with more contemporary sounds, to create a witty and melodic score. “Alice's journey is quite a rollercoaster ride. She shrinks, CREDITS grows, nearly drowns, is threatened with capital Choreography Christopher Wheeldon punishment, and rescues a baby from the cooking pot. All Music Joby Talbot these adventures have to be expressed musically and I Orchestrated by Christopher Austin and Joby Talbot have used every trick I can think of to chart her extraordinary adventures,” adds Joby Talbot. Scenario Nicholas Wright Set and costume design Bob Crowley The Australian Ballet’s Music Director and Chief Conductor Lighting design Natasha Katz Nicolette Fraillon, says Talbot’s score is regarded as one of Projection designs Jon Driscoll and Gemma Carrington the finest full-length pieces ever created for ballet. “This Original sound design Andrew Bruce score is brilliant theatre, with incredibly creative use of colour. It is a work of real genius, and I don't use the word Staging Christopher Saunders lightly. From the moment it starts until its end, this score is Puppet concept and design Toby Olié absolutely Wonderland,” explains Fraillon. Magic Consultant Paul Kieve The production was commissioned and first performed by As Principal Partner, Telstra is offering customers a unique chance to purchase tickets before they go on sale to the The Royal Ballet and The National Ballet of Canada. general public. “Telstra and The Australian Ballet have The Kenneth R Reed Fund generously supports the been partners for over three decades and it is a recreation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland© for The relationship that has not just stood the test of time, but Australian Ballet. grown stronger and richer with each passing year,” said Fady Taouk, Telstra General Manager Loyalty & DATES Partnerships. Melbourne “We are incredibly pleased to be able to offer customers a 12 – 30 September 2017 chance to connect to the enchantment of Alice’s Arts Centre Melbourne, State Theatre Adventures in Wonderland© with this unprecedented pre- With Orchestra Victoria sale opportunity,” continued Taouk. Sydney THE STORY BEHIND THE BALLET 5 – 22 December 2017 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland© Capitol Theatre During a garden party at her family home, Alice enjoys the With Australian Ballet and Opera Orchestra company of her crush, Jack, and the amusements of a family friend, Lewis Carroll. Her day takes a curious turn TICKETS ON SALE when Lewis transforms into a White Rabbit, and she Telstra THANKS is offering an exclusive pre-sale for tumbles down the rabbit hole after him. Alice finds herself Telstra customers, running from Tuesday 29 November 2016; for bookings visit (telstra.com/ballet). in a world of wonder, as she embarks on a series of absurd, hilarious and at times frightening adventures. Jack Tickets go on sale to the general public from Thursday 8 has become the Knave of Hearts, relentlessly persecuted December 2016; for bookings visit australianballet.com.au by the bad-tempered Queen of Hearts. Alice finds a magic cake which turns her into a giant. She swims in a lake of For all media enquiries, including interviews and images, her own tears. She encounters a mysterious Cheshire Cat, please contact: Gabrielle Wilson, Senior Publicist and then a bizarre tea party presided over by a Mad Hatter. M +61 447 749 618: E: [email protected] She meets a Caterpillar perched on a mushroom, and then, at last, is reunited briefly with the Knave in a magical garden. The tyrannical Queen of Hearts is torturing her subjects with dance demonstrations and a strange game of croquet, all the while blithely ordering the executions of those who displease her. The Knave is finally discovered and brought to trial, and mayhem ensues. Alice comes to his defence and together they deliver a testimony that wins the hearts of all but the Queen. When Alice attempts to flee, the court comes crashing down. The very next minute, Alice awakes. .
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